Exposed to Social Insecurity: Vulnerable Women and Girls in Tanzania

Generally Speaking,concepts of social security in Africa are more or less related to the extended family and mutual community arrangements. Until recently family networks were supposed to work as safety nets with the capability “to catch anyone who might fall” (Burgess, Stern 1991: 45). Although a full system of social security can never be achieved, in order to establish modern social security systems in general a minimum level of economic development is required…

ISBN: 9987-22-006-1
Publisher: FES
Year of Publication: 1995